Tuesday I went in for the start of the procedure for the stem cell harvest, initially getting cyclophosphomide (chemo). The morning I took my paracetamol and kept the bug at bay, for a while anyway. Turns out I had this chemo before as part of the R-CHOP, although the one I got today was three times as strong, probably three times as much. It all went pretty well and got some magnesium after as the counts were a bit low and have to go back on Thursday to get the counts checked again and probably get some potassium. Started to feel a bit of a fever coming on towards the end but when the nurse took my temp it was sitting 36.5 and headed on home.
Still feeling a little rough I took my temp at home and was already up to 37.4 and shortly after that up to 38.
While in Hosp earlier they said if I get a temp to call the helpline, I told her that I've been getting a temperature everyday for over a week but she didn't respond. So I just took some paracetamol and waited, seemed to settle for a while but was also feeling rough from getting the chemo and took an early night. Woke up a couple hours later and was roasting, the room and me, I went downstairs and it was "how to" week on discovery and lay and watched that for a couple hours till I thought I could go to sleep.
After getting to sleep about 3 I woke again at 5.30 and had another temp, this has been much worse than before and after much willing myself to get up I finally did and was told to go to the treatment room when it opened.
I already had all my stuff packed for a long stay and left it so it could be brought up later if needed which I was already quite sure it would be. Summing up the whole day they took bloods gave me antibiotics and paracetamol and there was a lot of waiting on a bed in a ward. Finally got a bed in the same ward as the one I was in with "the Fat Man" after the first ESHAP. Continued with antibiotics and got a bit of potassium, that night I slept much better than I was expecting, still not great though, but the ward I'm in seems quite pleasant, no one really talks.
During Thursday I had a few occasions of feeling very rough but kept taking paracetamol before any fevers or temps kicked in and that night I thought I would start to let them linger so the was written evidence that they were still happening. Had one about 10 at night then another in the morning at 5.
Next afternoon when the doctor came round he implied that I would be in until Wednesday. I thought this might be the case or more than likely at least Thursday. I knew for a fact if be in until Sunday at the earliest for the blood cultures to come back, but he was saying that there was still nothing growing on them, maybe looks like it is a virus, but they are continuing with the antibiotics until Wednesday for the stem cell harvest.
The pain from the white cell injections has not been half as bad as I was expecting.... so far, but there is still time for it to get bad, but I'm in the best place for pain relief.
Mostly this time around I have been sleeping, not got much reading done and not watched much TV either, although I did watch the england match and tried to watch the NI game but it kept buffering and was bugging me so I just went to bed. Watched die hard and die harder, will work through the rest of them this week I guess.
I think I will stop reordering games, ordered worms for the ps4 a few weeks back but this is the 3rd game I've preordered (for cheap) and each time I've been in hospital for the release date and lose a bit of interest by the time I get home to play it, bit annoying.
Even though I'm in Hosp its the best place for me atm for the antibiotics and pain relief and to keep an eye on me to make sure nothing stupid happens to put the plans back, pitty I'm missing the sun but I'm very tempted to sneak out for a while....